Jacqueline Pusey, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Jacqueline Pusey

Jamaican athletics competitor

Date of Birth: 14-Aug-1959

Place of Birth: Saint Mary Parish, Jamaica

Profession: athletics competitor

Nationality: Jamaica

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Jacqueline Pusey

  • Jacqueline "Jackie" Pusey (born 14 August 1959) is a Jamaican former track and field sprinter.
  • She competed over distances from 100 metres to 400 metres.
  • She represented Jamaica at the 1976 Summer Olympics (being their youngest entrant at age 16) and competed a second time at the 1980 Summer Olympics. Pusey won Jamaica's first world championship relay medal at the 1983 World Championships in Athletics, running in the 4×100 metres relay.
  • She had her career peak in 1981 when she won bronze medals in the individual 400 m and relay at the 1981 IAAF World Cup and set two championship records to take a 200 metres/400 metres double at the Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics.
  • As a result of her achievements that year, she was given the Jamaican Sportswoman of the Year award.

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